SpaceX CSR-25 Cargo Launch Postponed Again, Why?

KOMPAS.com – Cargo mission launch SpaceX again delayed by two weeks, with the plan scheduled for July 11, 2022.

The mission called CRS-25will send the SpaceX Dragon robot capsule to International Space Station on a Falcon 9 rocket.

Originally, the CRS-2 was slated to launch on June 10th, but NASA and SpaceX postponed it until June 28 due to an increase in hydrazine vapor levels.

Hydrazine vapor is the propellant used by the Draco Dragon thrusters, as part of the propulsion system spaceship.

“After lowering the propellant from that region (Dragon’s propulsion system), SpaceX was able to narrow the source of the problem down to the Draco boost valve inlet connection,” the agency official wrote. SpaceTuesday (14/6/2022).

Currently, the team will be removing custom hardware to replace it before the flight.

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NASA and SpaceX are targeting the launch of the CRS-25 cargo supply mission to the International Space Station on July 11.

To note, CRS-25 will be the 25th unmanned supply mission SpaceX has flown to an orbiting laboratory for NASA.

The company also holds contracts with agencies to fly astronauts to and from the station.

They have also launched five such crewed missions to date, including a two-person test flight that took off in May 2020.

The CRS-25 will not be the first flight for this particular Dragon capsule.

Spaceship also launched on cargo missions to the station in December 2020 and August 2021.

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